Omar Baig

Hi, I'm Omar Baig

ML Engineer

MITACS Globalink-funded AI/ML Engineer and Researcher specializing in agentic LLM systems, retrieval-augmented generation, and multimodal computer vision. Shipped 10+ production AI systems and a first-author manuscript on hierarchical preference graphs and federated LoRA adaptation for personalized LLM agents; designed a novel Cross-View Attention architecture achieving 83% AUC across 14 respiratory pathologies. Combines end-to-end ownership — from model architecture to full-stack deployment — with a track record of building explainable, privacy-preserving AI for healthcare and clinical decision support.

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MITACS Globalink-funded AI/ML Engineer and Researcher specializing in agentic LLM systems, retrieval-augmented generation, and multimodal computer vision. Shipped 10+ production AI systems and a first-author manuscript on hierarchical preference graphs and federated LoRA adaptation for personalized LLM agents; designed a novel Cross-View Attention architecture achieving 83% AUC across 14 respiratory pathologies. Combines end-to-end ownership — from model architecture to full-stack deployment — with a track record of building explainable, privacy-preserving AI for healthcare and clinical decision support.

Experience

With a background spanning freelance engineering and corporate innovation, I’ve delivered range of full-stack AI projects, spanning from smart database querying systems to automated medical assessment tools. I’ve led award-winning team in computer vision and am currently pushing the boundaries of Federated Learning—a way for AI to learn from sensitive data without ever compromising user privacy.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore

Languages

EnglishUrdu
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Skills & Technologies

Languages

PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptC#C++SQL

AI / LLM Engineering

LLM AgentsRAGFine-tuningLoRA/PEFTPrompt EngineeringVector DatabasesLangChainLangGraphGroqWhisper

ML/AI Frameworks

PyTorchTensorFlowHugging Face TransformersScikit-learnOpenCVtimm

Core Concepts

Deep LearningGenerative AIComputer Vision (ViT)Federated LearningNLPRecommendation SystemsExplainable AI

Backend & Deployment

FastAPIFlaskMongoDBDockerMLOpsREST APIsVercelHugging Face SpacesReact/Next.js

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Experience

My professional journey

1
Jul 2026 - PresentUniversity of Winnipeg

MITACS Globalink Research Intern

  • Architected a full-stack, LLM-integrated research application for contextualizing health data, enabling faster interpretation of complex patient information for a next-generation smartwatch health platform.
  • Own application architecture end-to-end, leading a 3-person research team (1 faculty supervisor, 2 undergraduate researchers) to translate open-ended research goals into shippable software components.
  • Built TypeScript-based frontend and backend services, REST API integrations, and database-backed data flows spanning the full application stack.
  • Designed reusable LLM integration and retrieval abstractions for research experimentation, prioritizing maintainable architecture and reliable contextual processing.
2
Oct 2025 - PresentFiverr

AI & Machine Learning Engineer

  • Built and shipped a token-gated AI SaaS chatbot (FastAPI, React/TypeScript, MongoDB) with RAG-based document retrieval, Stripe subscription billing, Clerk authentication, and an analytics admin dashboard, as one of 10+ client AI/ML projects delivered with a 5-star rating.
  • Engineered Groq-backed LLM microservices with vector search, rate limiting, and sentiment analysis, deploying a 4-tier (guest/free/pro/premium) query-enforcement system to a production VPS.
  • Trained and optimized ML models across diverse client datasets, delivering adaptive LLM-integrated query systems and automated decision-support tools for real-world business use cases.
3
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024Xavor Corporation

Generative AI Intern

  • Led a cross-functional developer–clinician team to build an intelligent mobility-assessment chatbot automating Functional Reach Tests, reaching 95% accuracy using OpenCV and MediaPipe pose estimation.
  • Engineered a real-time pose-estimation pipeline achieving 90% validated measurement accuracy via geometric modeling techniques.
  • Ranked 1st among 10+ competing internship teams for technical execution and clinical impact.

Education

My academic background

Dec 2022 - Jun 2026University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore

B.S. Computer Science

Thesis: AiroDx — Federated Context-Aware Explainable AI Framework for Multimodal Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Diseases

Projects

Things I've built

AiroDx: Federated Explainable AI for Multimodal Respiratory Diagnosis

AiroDx: Federated Explainable AI for Multimodal Respiratory Diagnosis

Developed a sophisticated diagnostic system that synchronizes spatial features from multiple X-ray perspectives using custom attention mechanisms and self-supervised ViT backbones. The pipeline automates the complex mapping of granular PadChest labels to target pathologies while managing massive datasets through efficient filename indexing and multi-worker loading. Optimized model convergence using a two-stage training strategy—transitioning from frozen feature extraction to full-model fine-tuning—to maximize per-class AUC and F1 scores.

Python (FastAPI)React
RAG-Powered Medical Report Interpreter (SAAS)

RAG-Powered Medical Report Interpreter (SAAS)

Developed a full-stack AI SaaS platform that interprets medical lab reports using a 5-stage LLM pipeline (OCR → retrieval → analysis → trend detection → infographics), simplifying complex clinical data for patients and non-experts. Engineered a scalable and secure FastAPI backend with JWT authentication, async MongoDB, Pinecone vector search, rate limiting, and structured logging to deliver robust AI inference services. Deployed the solution with a Next.js frontend on Vercel and FastAPI backend on Hugging Face Spaces, providing a cloud-hosted service with file uploads, subscription management, and real-time report analysis.

Python (FastAPI)ReactHuggingFace
Zero Trust Security in AI-Driven Healthcare Systems

Zero Trust Security in AI-Driven Healthcare Systems

Developed secure AI backend systems for healthcare predictions using a Zero Trust architecture to protect model integrity and data access. Implemented cryptographic verification and security mechanisms that significantly reduced simulated attack success rates.

Python
Preference-Aware LLM Agents via Hierarchical Graphs and Federated Adaptation

Preference-Aware LLM Agents via Hierarchical Graphs and Federated Adaptation

Designed a preference-aware LLM agent that models user preferences using hierarchical graphs and dynamic LoRA adapter routing for personalized responses. The system incorporates federated continual learning to improve adaptation while maintaining privacy across distributed environments.

Python
Jafs Gjerdrum

Jafs Gjerdrum

Jafs Gjerdrum is a comprehensive digital solution designed to modernize restaurant operations and enhance customer experience. This full-stack web application seamlessly integrates online ordering, real-time order management, and administrative controls into a single, user-friendly platform.

ReactTypeScriptFastAPI
Hybrid Movie Recommendation System

Hybrid Movie Recommendation System

Implemented a hybrid recommendation system combining transformer-based text embeddings with neural collaborative filtering for personalized movie suggestions. The model improved recommendation quality and addressed cold-start problems through integrated content and interaction signals.

Python
AI-Powered YouTube Automation Pipeline

AI-Powered YouTube Automation Pipeline

Developed a fully automated pipeline that generates motivational YouTube Shorts using LLM-based content generation, text-to-speech voiceovers, and stock footage from Pexels. The system programmatically blends video, captions, and audio using MoviePy and supports automated uploading or scheduling via the YouTube Data API.

PythonYoutube Data APIPexels API
Quora Question Pair Duplicate Detection

Quora Question Pair Duplicate Detection

This project aims to determine whether a pair of questions from Quora are duplicates. Given a dataset of question pairs, various machine learning models were trained and evaluated to achieve the highest accuracy in predicting duplicate questions. The final model chosen was a Random Forest classifier due to its superior performance compared to other models.

Pythonword-2-vec
Upwork Job Analyzer & Proposal Generator

Upwork Job Analyzer & Proposal Generator

A Node.js CLI + GUI tool that analyzes Upwork job listings against your portfolio to evaluate alignment, budget fit, and hiring chances. It also leverages AI to generate highly personalized, job-specific proposals, streamlining your freelancing workflow.

Node.js

Publications

Research & writings

2026

HAVIT: Attentive Probing of a Frozen Chest X-ray Foundation Model (Under Review)

  • Lead Researcher & Research Direction Lead on multi-view PadChest classification — submitted to FIT 2026 (23rd Intl. Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, IEEE Technical Co-Sponsor, COMSATS University Islamabad); directed the full pipeline from problem formulation through statistical analysis and manuscript preparation.
  • Achieved a 6.24-point improvement in mean AUC over a matched frozen-feature baseline via a parameter-efficient attentive-probing framework, with statistically significant gains validated using paired seed-level and correlated ROC-AUC testing; a systematic ablation surfaced a negative-result finding that explicit cross-view fusion did not improve performance in this frozen, low-data regime.
2026

FedGraph-LoRA: Hierarchical Preference Graphs and Federated LoRA Adaptation for Personalized LLM Agents (Under Review)

  • Baig, O., Zafar, A., Ali, H., & Ali, A. — Achieved 88%+ preference alignment and F1 ≈ 0.93 over vector-only baselines by designing hierarchical graph-based preference modeling for LLM agents.
  • Reached 86% adapter-selection accuracy by implementing dual LoRA adaptation with dynamic local/global/blended routing.
  • Delivered 11% higher coverage at 77–78% end-to-end accuracy while preserving user privacy by integrating federated continual learning into the agent’s adaptation loop.

Certifications

Professional credentials

Fundamentals of Agile Project Management

Project Management Institute

March 17, 2025
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Fundamentals of Predictive Project Management

Project Management Institute

March 1, 2025
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Machine Learning Specialization

Stanford University, Deeplearning.ai (Coursera)

July 22, 2024
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified Data Science Professional

Oracle

August 11, 2025
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Generative AI Certified Professional

Oracle

July 26, 2024
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SQL (Advanced)

Hacker Rank

April 30, 2024
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SQL (Intermediate)

Hacker Rank

April 27, 2024
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SQL (Basic)

Hacker Rank

February 27, 2024
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Advanced Learning Algorithms

Stanford University, Deeplearning.ai (Coursera)

April 23, 2024
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Neural Networks and Deep Learning

Deeplearning.ai (Coursera)

October 25, 2024

Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification

Deeplearning.ai (Coursera)

March 22, 2024
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Unsupervised Learning, Recommenders, Reinforcement Learning

Deeplearning.ai (Coursera)

July 22, 2024
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Achievements

Milestones and recognitions

MITACS Globalink Research Internship (GRI) Award

MITACS Globalink Research Internship (GRI) Award

2026

Selected competitively among top-ranked international students for a 12-week funded research internship at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. Project title: Integrating an LLM into a next-generation smartwatch health application for in-situ data exploration.

1st Place, Final Year Project Exhibition — UET Lahore

1st Place, Final Year Project Exhibition — UET Lahore

2026

Ranked #1 out of approximately 55 industry and research-grade projects with AiroDx. Project evaluated by the internals (professors) and externals (senior industry experts).

1st Place, Generative AI Internship Project — Xavor Corporation

1st Place, Generative AI Internship Project — Xavor Corporation

2024

Top team out of 10+ competing teams, solving real world problems. Details about the project is in experience section

 Lead Organizer, Cipher Craft 2024

Lead Organizer, Cipher Craft 2024

2024

Coordinated protocol, graphics, and event management as part of the leadership team for Pakistan’s premier free hackathon, serving 300+ participants.

Testimonials

What people say about me

Working with Omar was an absolute pleasure! He’s professional, skilled, and incredibly responsive throughout the entire project. What impressed me most was his attention to detail and ability to truly understand my vision ,he not only delivered exactly what I wanted but even improved it with his own creative touch. Communication was smooth, deadlines were met without any issues, and the quality of the final result exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend Omar to anyone looking for a reliable and talented developer. I will definitely be working with him again!

Kamal Dhesi

Visionary Architect · ViewAI

I have worked with Omar on multiple projects, and every time he has been outstanding. He is extremely professional and consistently delivers high-quality work. Omar understands the requirements very quickly—sometimes even before you fully explain them—and always exceeds expectations. Working with him has been a great experience, and I highly recommend him to anyone looking for reliable and exceptional work.

Saleh Wahlan

King Fahad University

The development of Jafsgjerdrum exceeded our expectations in every aspect. The platform delivers a seamless user experience while providing powerful administrative tools that have streamlined our operations significantly. Its reliability, performance, and thoughtful design make it an invaluable asset to our business. We highly recommend this service to anyone seeking a high-quality digital solution.

Inam

CEO · Jafs Gjerdrum

Omar brings a rare combination of research mindset, technical expertise, and engineering execution. His work in AI research, including LLM-based systems and multimodal deep learning, demonstrates his ability to solve complex problems and build impactful solutions with a strong focus on innovation.

Dr. Amna Zafar

Associate Professor · UET Lahore

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